Holding(s) in Company

 

TIDMNAM 
 
RNS Number : 6044S 
North American Banks Fund Ltd 
13 September 2010 
 

 
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| TR-1: NOTIFICATION OF MAJOR INTEREST IN SHARES                                            | 
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| 1. Identity of the issuer or the           |            NORTH AMERICAN BANKS FUND LIMITED | 
| underlying issuer                          |                                              | 
| of existing shares to which voting rights  |                                              | 
| are                                        |                                              | 
| attached: ii                               |                                              | 
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| 2 Reason for the notification (please tick the appropriate box or boxes):                 | 
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| An acquisition or disposal of voting rights                             |        X        | 
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| An acquisition or disposal of qualifying financial instruments which    |                 | 
| may result in the acquisition of shares already issued to which voting  |                 | 
| rights are attached                                                     |                 | 
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| An acquisition or disposal of instruments with similar economic effect  |                 | 
| to qualifying financial instruments                                     |                 | 
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| An event changing the breakdown of voting rights                        |                 | 
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| Other (please  |                                                        |                 | 
| specify):      |                                                        |                 | 
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| 3. Full name of person(s) subject   |                       Armstrong Investments Limited | 
| to the                              |                                                     | 
| notification obligation: iii        |                                                     | 
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| 4. Full name of shareholder(s)      |                          Nortrust Nominees Limited  | 
|  (if different from 3.):iv          |                                                     | 
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| 5. Date of the transaction and date |                                          |          | 
| on                                  |                         7 September 2010 |          | 
| which the threshold is crossed or   |                          (4 August 2010) |          | 
| reached: v                          |                                          |          | 
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| 6. Date on which issuer notified:   |                                    8 September 2010 | 
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| 7. Threshold(s) that is/are crossed |     Above 4% (4 August 2010) 5% (7 September 2010)  | 
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| reached: vi, vii                    |                                                     | 
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| 8. Notified details:                                                                                           | 
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| A: Voting rights attached to shares viii, ix                                                                   | 
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| Class/type   | Situation previous                  | Resulting situation after the triggering transaction      | 
| of           | to the triggering                   |                                                           | 
| shares       | transaction                         |                                                           | 
| if possible  |                                     |                                                           | 
| using        |                                     |                                                           | 
| the ISIN     |                                     |                                                           | 
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|              | Number              | Number        | Number  | Number of voting   | % of  voting rights x      | 
|              | of                  | of            | of      | rights             |                            | 
|              | Shares              | Voting        | shares  |                    |                            | 
|              |                     | Rights        |         |                    |                            | 
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|              |                     |               | Direct  | Direct  | Indirect | Direct   | Indirect        | 
|              |                     |               |         | xi      | xii      |          |                 | 
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|              |                     |               |         | 190,000 |          | 5%       |                 | 
|              | 170,000             | 170,000       | 190,000 |         |          |          |                 | 
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| GB00B15MQH61 |                     |               |         |         |          |          |                 | 
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| B: Qualifying Financial Instruments                                                                            | 
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| Resulting situation after the triggering transaction                                                           | 
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| Type of financial            | Expiration   | Exercise/           | Number of voting    | % of voting          | 
| instrument                   | date xiii    | Conversion Period   | rights that may be  | rights               | 
|                              |              | xiv                 | acquired if the     |                      | 
|                              |              |                     | instrument is       |                      | 
|                              |              |                     | exercised/          |                      | 
|                              |              |                     | converted.          |                      | 
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